Telegram-herald., 1887-09-22
4 BENGAL INCIDENT.

Alt-L- |tl Z. Us tNf Et... 4.-tetA
Foe1. fsla 4lst - Ler1e .H Eiiad t-e
1auss lta.s Has "a fastened. 3 laFss al
many y.t.s'i ols. sEaaiias q4.te aiene sHa
seiifaIf - = saaeisl.s sai4za az 'i-e Fil-
G0ss ead beea ra.sea sas t1s lslcastes shat
aad sse4rul from Ehs outside tae ia1fy sra-s
bla,ls -. tha piazza laa been rolled sp snf
Fal away "a another t.tzins morning called
20 thelr rslfee1iss s..ole. The aigh1 ~as
perfectly ins. be- moonless. there ~ss
beaFy ass rapa.ig f4ti8E H3s niisty rain,
.airl la aos caga-ries Is a perfectly natural
oCf.lrteftfe.
A lss s.ies sTay eas tEar part ~ the
sse.fa ,a.izl Joe -lalef51lGs. through wbilh
80 fiaugss exlalais irs bFanrn=s a. i- ap-
proaea aes s1a sea-a is05Eintn q creeks aud
rivers. ~ Jungle aad staglant vater.
1 eeat into tle drae.ng room by whas
may 81 called ta- aseS loor. a. i- le5 into
t1s back drawing Foom aud smaller one *
tzs rEo. .as o.b-r. a far larger apartment.
conananicafel vita this one ty great folding
doors - zsls sad white The back drawing
room vas vssy fail % farn1gre. rather il-
conveniently 80.
As Eas csrrYing a. sruful ~ books snd
81 nF issnEag~d han.i lamp. - throsiug
th- rars 3 feont ~ als proceeded wifh t0l-
.sarss Ensw the room aad couhl have gone
T. at lestinasson ia the dark What strurk
me a. beth curious ard irritaslvs wss tie
fancy faat the room seemed more lulue,ied
taaa ever stn tEe furniture. dare o.d fash
foGa,i rosewood faruitlre chat had neea made
- match tss Fland Yiano. The various arri-
cles looked a. X lhsy bad been arass- aho1t
the room Possibly th- darkness ABOVE AMI
around nse Helped FAR .nsion. anyway thev
had me appearance of having been gradually
spreading toward tee center of thr room
round a heavy sad solid table. Il was
this table that wished % 60 70. I
walked very slowly. partly because
d.d nor ush - sDiu the books that I
hai srert fhs last hour in collecting sn1
partly oecanse of an unaccouDtah,y horrible
feeiag tha, Dad come over me. This part -
tae house was quite silent, indecl b Was often
- 81 az eVe4ug. and then e was very late.
ny trerasr bad ras.ed ne on his way un-
stairs, hsviag BEEN az day az Nadrep0re. aud
no donht beng tf-I bad gone 20 bed There
we're very FEW stairs 40 all. ahd the house was
practically a one storieti one. rambling and
fuli as anx -. having been built and added 20
e. various times, here and there little stair
cases sireamef cut leading % long passages
ard unexrecfef closets. the back drawing
roon, DOOR Itself opened from a side flight Of
i've stairs
A. had encoun tered two small chairs and
an overture : Inusic stand, stood still for a
second. looking FOR a cirar passage. and
thereby holiins ire lnIup high and well
A. frens ~ ne. As 7 PAUSED. amid tho com
p.ste silence that rsignsd, an immense tiger
slowly crossed ths path of light, turning
on rns two yellow burning ewes, cleaning
Ike viVid t0pazrs--f stood thers IN stifenod
terror and heard my heart beat--its mouth
wss loosely parted and running with saliva;
50 wide vas is hanging opsn a. the corners
that the serrated edges Of the lower lips wers
plainly visible IL gazed With a steaifast look
of such grinnlsg cruelty. such conscious uialiS-
nicv, that 10 petr.fcsi my blood and turned
nv rigid limbs 70 stone. This description OF
sight and feeling was q course toe impress
sion - ore vivid conception condensed by a
rautes agony. The tiger crossed the India
mating ol the room with \ nosseiess swing
tnx gait. a. it appeared % have come from
th4 obscmlsy near the piano, 50 it vanished
into the obscurity beyond. that is, outside
the pathway of tbe lantern light. I stood
perfectly inmovabie. stu ~elufchirg the
books wItA my eft arm. stll holding the
lamp before me, stiil gazing at the place IL
crossed. ami apparently forever seeing that
awful ook upon the tigers broad face IL
seemed as II my EYES <sw the face. though my
mind hai ranldiv suggested the frgatful
probability that the tiger was behind me. At
the sania time bY some dual mental process IL
was bo.ding out hops that the animal tad
passed through ths great foiding doors into
the dark room beyond
have no remembrance az al of my mind
dictating the next action pursued. 10 seemed
f,,st an irs,inct ndai-ssi in by the body upon
its own account and FOR - own immediate
rreserys .'n. -Is is obviously tae nsind that
wis e. say the scientists. Much confusion
has arssen by the misuse ~ tbe term will
roxsr Tbe vii. i1stead ~ being. as de-
faei ~ Professor Edwards. that by which
ths micd chooses anytainz- : the mind
faculty. or power OK making effort. ana that,
o. rprtrrss choice. - maks effort 70 ascertain
~hicb oftvo or more thinSs Is preferable.
iaiithe books very carefully down With
OF niasinc the slightest unnecessary noise ol
disturbing tle band that hcid toe lamp. snG
taen ralsirg rifb slow EFFORT one Of ths heavy
fstis chairs that bad blocked my passage.
ssnsiy srung p On - ny shoulders snd held
q 70 That it covered ny head then turnea
siew'v 1daw- -e. vi.h uiT mind impressed
O. possible bohind This strucs ne ~ %.
tine IS clever and of unQuesti7nabs import
sn,e in saving NY BE. I managed 20 wala
gently ear sf fle room. I suppose 7 has
Sesn p ne roon Ten minutes. hut it seemed
tSs weary hour A I elosed the door ans
toskei it ruy brother came down the rssssS'
ard passs.i on ths fi<ns of stairs He wa
rsther in r hurry Era [ called ont G,
BIN. ''ia yan mind fastening ths front aool
g. tae large drawing room as yoa 20 byr
ccud .hins ef nothing sise ~ ssv and sais
g. slowly and lnts naturally Hs asssnts,
sri rassesi e1. and I. witaout noticing Sc a
TIE tns. t'ok ~ tbe ,hsir agsin. and wit
ny isrn ss-en.lei the thcr- fght of stair
snt proceeded along ne passage o. my ovl
rcenl. vaisirg slowly sni EvarI'e,iiy fh
n1.rii af -v IDENTITY heeu ~ sbocrad that 3
bal nat recovered its dominant sway over n
boiT r IS ret sirsvs tba nsinS tbat wills
tere uas cha tcir taxing care ~ itself. waia
the ulris faculty. 81 makiug effort uas asi,
ia stevanre
rron rcseanz nv own roorn put th
rrair taref-siT iesn sud ssr uron h. Ts
tsmp tai r.acei o-1 ne .ahis st the ssri
tire Z 81. tiers fully Eve minutes fsehl'
rrff'eFr- wash reom the ger rss ir. fae'
<sf ~ vith a sui.ien aisgrfr eoek frru
~ esse a iaf~e revolver aEi t8raei 'r'e tt
rssSsEo i1 few rlirufas Vas In Ezra
rocm. tp vas ha.s srdressed
-W bats she ulstterr he demanded wi
started arss Nhen ha1 tshinlrn ~ toc'
r1y bard srd wrung i1 sNeu nav thanI
Gel thst yer sre aiiTe. cid f-lior + taen b
sis--s-af k~-~ie-f'-. t,ck = ksa-- -fT. e~--u
racr snd ft@i h,s reckes wi-h rartrisr.s
Serve s,erg -stav lsf rsa e. frsf--veu
rorr~ sre rIs slaSeu set
We ersrf 1as ard evsSsnef the ssir.isr
fstire1i ntenfienf sr hat en- an eid -ud fs-h